One recipe four mini cakes…

Bite size cakes look so inviting…

I love mini cakes but one flavour is not interesting enough, I need to have options…

That is why I have this recipe that I can turn into different flavours and it goes really well with a strawberry smoothy.

This is my Saturday afternoon treat and just after 15 min of baking in the oven.

Ingredients

Basic Dough

4 eggs

1/2 cup caster sugar

1 cup blanched almond meal

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Banana and Caramel

1 banana

1 teaspoon frangelico

1 tablespoon caramel

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Raspberry and Coconut

2 teaspoons rose water

14 raspberries

SQ shredded coconut

Chocolate and Coffee

SQ crushed Cocoa beans

75 g couverture 70%

25 g unsalted butter

1 teaspoon cardamom

1 teaspoon instant coffee

Apple and pecans

12 apple rings, chopped

1 teaspoon lemon essence

1 teaspoon grand marnier

12 pecan nuts

For another rainy afternoon…

So, Bon Appetit!

Bitting trough Tuscany… A taste of Florence

I felt in love last year when I went to Tuscany… I felt in love with Florence…

What an amazing place to be…

I got addicted to truffles, porcini mushrooms (with a great meaty texture and interesting flavour, so difficult to forget…), porchetta and balsamic…Is there a 12-step program for This Italian addiction?

The Mercato Centrale or Mercato di San Lorenzo… heaven for foodies…

This building was built in the 19th century and it is filled with wonderful food stalls. If you love food the way I do, you must go…

Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy (for me) and center of Italian Renaissance (that’s what I was told).

I wondered around for hours and I always found something interesting like shops, art and food.